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     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HANSCHKA
Ärende: capsaicin 438
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 -=> Ruth Hanschka said to Dave Drum <=-

 RH> Him and Clean Dave.  I was there, but since I wasn't well-lubricated I
 RH> backed into another room just to be safe.  It wasn't the world's
 RH> smartest  move.

The story has gotten kind of out of hand.

Firstoff, I'd done the deed before. Kent Ballard talked me
out of doing it here in Jamestown back in the early '90s,
but I tasted the spray a couple times myself before the
Enfield experiment; during which the following sequence
ensued:

I told people that I'd tasted the pepper spray (courtesy
Manny Rothstein) a couple times, and it was hot and didn't
taste great. Some (yourself?) said, no way.

Dave and I proposed reenacting the experiment; he provided
a metal tray to use as the target.

One short burst was fired at the tray, followed by several
people tasting the result and several others turning down
the offer. There was a third contingent of the cowardly,
who left the room in the same way I leave the area when
a loud noise (firework, Champagne cork, etc.) is about
to be made.

The consensus among the tasters was that the spray was hot
but not fatally so. There was no consensus regarding the
deliciousness (I said no, Dave said yes, I forget what
anyone else thought about it).

The house-clearing occurred when we misestimated how the
combination of soap, hot water, and capsaicin would affect
the environment. Instead of being brainiacs and carefully
wiping off every trace of red oil from the tray, we did a
casual swipe with a napkin and then put the tray and a
squirt of dish detergent in the sink and turned on the hot
tap. The detergent didn't bind to the residue fast enough,
and semi-noxious fumes cleared people out of the kitchen;
Dave left to find an exhaust fan, while I stayed at the
sink scrubbing away at the dish - I do not recall whether
I was moved to tears by this experience, but certainly a
few sneezes and coughs were heard.

No substantial damage or long-term pain was suffered.

After that on a few occasions I used pepper spray as a
condiment at a meal, mostly for the gross-out effect.

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